CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF COLDSPRING

Name/Title

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF COLDSPRING

Entry/Object ID

L.2007.48

Description

Steel cut engraving of a white chapel atop a riverside hill: a white chapel with four columns supporting a plain pediment topped with a cross is situated on top of a hill; the hill is rocky with some trees; at the bottom of the hill is the smooth water of the Hudson River; three figures in a rowboat float on the river; in the distance is a canoe and two sailboats; behind the boats, mountain peaks are visible; below the scene, on far left corner, is printed, "W.H.Bartlett."; on far right corner is printed, "R. Brandard."; in center, the title is printed, "CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF COLDSPRING."; on bottom left the title translated to French is printed, "CHAPELLE DE NOTRE-DAME DES EAUX FROIDES."; on bottom right the title translated to German is printed, "KAPELLE UNSERERER LIEBEN FRAUEN ZU COLDSPRING."; on bottom center is printed, "London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1839."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Ink, Paper (wove), ink

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William Henry Bartlett

Attribution

Artist

Artist

Robert Brandard

Attribution

Engraver

Manufacturer

George Virtue

Date made

1839

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

10-5/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (19.7 x 27 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Top edge is cut irregularly; yellow stain in center; top right corner creased and slightly torn; yellow stain top right; crease along bottom right edge; writing in pencil, bottom right; yellow stains along bottom; slight tear, bottom center; loss bottom left; recto has stain top left; writing in pencil bottom right"

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Diebold

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

L.2007.110 - Engraving - Similar item L.2007.195 - Lithograph - Similar item

General Notes

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Curatorial Remarks

Note

Diebold Box #36 Written in pencil on recto is "#19 Mahoney & Weekly, U 82, $35- "

Note Type

General Note

Note

Chapel of Our Lady of Coldspring is plate number 117 in American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Publisher George Virtue commissioned William H. Bartlett to illustrate American Scenery, for which N.P. Willis wrote the text. Bartlett completed these watercolor drawings during two visits to America between 1836 and 1838. The drawings were engraved starting in 1837 by numerous English engravers and published in installments of four engravings. Subscribers could have the prints bound in two volumes in 1840 when the installments were complete.

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StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Archive Room, Shelf O3, B4

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Department

Note

Library